A history of your Linux reboots
It’s easy to find out when were the last 30+ times you rebooted your Linux PC. Do a last reboot to get a list of exact dates: reboot system boot 2.6.27-7-generic Tue Nov 25 09:12 - 11:17 (02:04) reboot [...]
Ctrl+Alt+Delete your own way
Do you by any chance wish to modify the behavior of Ctrl+Alt+Delete? Change the following line in /etc/inittab: ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now Comment it out with # to disable Ctrl+Alt+Del altogether or[...]
Force a clean reboot when the system freezes
If you manage to freeze your system in such a way that even Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn’t work anymore, the mouse is stuck on the screen any none of the key combinations will work, don’t think of the reset button just[...]
Force reboot in Linux
An even better and cleaner method than the reset button is to use Ctrl+Alt+Del. When even that doesn’t work and the system has frozen, there’s always hope. Hold down Alt+SysRq and press the following keys in [...]
